The D-18 Modern Deluxe is a new take on Martin Vintage. This guitar is packed with custom features and modern technology that you have to see, feel, and hear for yourself. The vintage appointments include a Sitka spruce Vintage Tone System (VTS) top, a dovetail neck joint, and natural protein glue construction that give it the rich, fully aged Martin tone that has inspired generations. The look is unlike anything in Martin's production line to date with East Indian rosewood binding, stylish gold frets, gold open-gear tuners, and a unique 1930s style script logo inlaid in pearl on the headstock. Some ultra-modern features include a titanium truss rod, Liquidmetal® bridge pins with red dots, and a composite carbon fiber bridgeplate that boosts volume without adding weight. And Martin has included a new neck shape that is slightly asymmetrical for maximum hand comfort up and down the fretboard. This guitar is anything but standard.
Specs:
Make: Martin
Model: D18e Modern Deluxe
Body Size: D-14 Fret
Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
Bracing: Scalloped Forward Shifted X Bracing, Adirondack Spruce
Top Wood: Sitka Spruce with VTS
Back and Side Wood: Mahogany
Finish: Gloss
Scale Length: 25.4”
Nut Width: 1 ¾”
Neck Shape: Vintage Deluxe
Neck Taper: High Performance
Electronics: Fishman Gold Plus Natural 1
Binding: Rosewood
Top Inlay: Multi stripe
Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
Rosette: Old Style 18 Multi Stripe
Bridge: Modern Belly, Ebony
Saddle: Drop In Compensated Bone
Bridge Pins: Liquid Metal with Red Acrylic Dots
Back Strip: Style 18
Neck Wood: Mahogany
Neck Finish: Satin
Fingerboard: Ebony
Frets: 20
Fingerboard Inlay: Old Style 18, Abalone
Fingerboard Binding: None
Tuning Machines: Gold Open Gear, Butterbean Knobs
Nut Material: Bone
Case: Martin Ply Hardshell
